All of them are Rajya Sabha Members. And we call India a democracy. Ironic?

I have just listed people who have made major policy decisions and who have been seen defending the government. Also, this is not an argument against Rajya Sabha. But these are not the people who have been elected by ‘We the People’. Is this right? I don’t know, but I don’t like it.

As far as Manmohan Singh is considered, he must be knowing that even Indra Kumar Gujral got elected for Lok Sabha. I don't know what is holding him back even after having the blessings of Madam. If spirit of Democracy is not important enough then atleast having a upper hand over people like Natwar and Arjun should drive to get elected for the upper house.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Time 11:45 pmDravid plays a forward defensive shot to a Chris Gayle delivery.

Time 12:10 pmDravid plays a similar forward defensive shot to a similar Chris Gayle delivery.

The only difference between the above two is that 20 deliveries have been tapped gently by Dravid during this period of time without scoring a run. Now it is tea time and he has managed to score a well defended 18 runs in 58 balls.

Friday, April 07, 2006

1) You've checked out... you don't own a TV and it's unlikely you're even reading this column.

2) You enjoy your media/content in moderation. When I asked you to count how many windows were open on your desktop you either said, "One, my browser for which to read this article" or you made yourself a note to yourself to check this AFTER completing this column. In a previous age, you were the type of person who kept their pencils very sharpened.

3) You enjoy the content fire hose. Give me tabbed browsing, tabbed instant messaging, music all the time, and TIVO TIVO TIVO. Welcome to NADD.

Point two and three hold good in my case.

And why it's good news for me

1) Folks not afflicted NADD think those who are can't focus because, look at us, we're all over the place. PLEASE STOP CLICKING ON THINGS -- YOU ARE GIVING ME A HEADACHE. Wrong. NADDers have an amazingly ability to focus when they choose to. Granted, it's not their natural state and, granted, it can take longer than some to get in the zone, but when we're there, BOY HOWDY.

2) Weblogs are designed for those with NADD. The web digested into short little blurbs of information. NADD heaven. My guess would be that the population of regular webloggers is mostly NADD-afflicted. Otherwise, they'd be writing books... not paragraphs... at random times of the day... always.

3) NADD can advance your career... if you're in the right career. Ever worked at a start-up? Ever shipped software? What are the last few weeks like? We call it the fire drill because everyone is running around like crazy people doing random, unexpected shit. NADD is the perfect disease for managing this situation. It develops the skills to sift through the colossal amount of useless noise and hear what's relevant.

If you are a high end user you may want to sync your e-mails and calendar with your PC.

But why will you want a stupid CMOS camera on your phone? I don't have a use for that so why should I pay for it. One of the reasons why I still have my Sony T230 (apart from money money money) is that every phone with the feature set listed above comes with a Camera which I do not want to pay for.

For me that camera is like:

A Vaccum cleaner with a TV attached. You will not get bored while cleaning.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

First the disclaimer:Even after studying in a Private English Medium school,mugging Rapidex English speaking course and having a Grandfather who was a double MA in English, I confess that sometimes when I speak in English "IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL".

But even with this low level of skill, I want to ridicule the lesser mortals.

Here are two samples-->

Scene One:Location: Stuffy lift in my ofcTime: 10:30 AM

Bald & fat Manager to his female team member : "You are not pushing for it these days"Girl smiles.Bald & fat Manager again : " I will push it for you"Girl smiles again.

Please draw your own conclusions based on whatever you think the context was.For sanity sake I will assume that it was about late night conference calls.